Friday, August 17, 2018

Allen, Texas

This box of 175 cards was sent by Nick of Allen, Texas. Nick is by, at least by my estimation, the only other devoted Wallach collector out there. I've ran into a good number of other Wallach fans, but most aren't card collectors. Thankfully, he's a collector of the more reasonable variety, and only needs one of each card. So I've sent a few odd-balls his way that he was in need of (I know it goes against my stated mission, but there's enough to go around), and in return he has been wildly generous in sending me duplicates.

A couple of odd things jumped out in the process of adding up these cards. Some how the 1989 Topps Sticker is the first new one I've picked up since 2012. The 1988 Fleer Award Winner also ends a multi-year drought without adding any. It's strange the cards that seem to end up being scarce. I don't know if it's actually a by product of low print runs, or just a statistical anomaly, but either way I find it interesting.